Uploaded October 2009 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

A longitudinal wave is created by a disturbance that is along the direction the wave will travel.

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Creating a Longitudinal Wave

Name: Rotation Curve for Solar System @mrg3
Uploaded: 2008-01-16T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: The rotation curve of a system can tell us quite a bit about how the mass is distributed. For a solar system, most of the mass is concentrated at the center.